NEWS

Kabale, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  If road repairs at the border are any sign, the scheduled meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda President Paul Kagame looks set to go ahead as planned February 21. Uganda Radio Network observed preparations at the border, with Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) working on …

Kasese, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Karusandara Sub County in Kasese District are embarking on initiatives to mitigate future flooding in the area. Kasese has been prone to floods which have led to displacement of residents from their homes.  Karusandara Sub County is one of worst flood-hit areas. Emmanuel Agaba, …

Masaka, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Pineapple farmers in Masaka district are stuck with their farm produces as their export market shrinks.  The most affected are farmers in the sub-counties of Kyannamukaaka, Kyesiiga and Buwunga who are struggling to find market for their ripe pineapples with some already rotting in the …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Agnes Emujong battles Kaposi’s sarcoma, a type of cancer that usually affects people living with HIV. The disease has made her develop large protruding tumors on the nose and eye areas that have almost shrunk her face. Among the five that Uganda Radio Network …

Kasese, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Parish Community Association (PCA) Program Changing Lives of residents in Bunyangabu district. In 2018, the Office of the Prime Minister launched the program aimed at improving the livelihood of communities at the parish level.   Under the program, a group of 30 members with a …

Kyaggwe, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Buganda’s Minister of local government Joseph Kawuki has tasked the new leadership of Kyaggwe County to preach against the persistent child sacrifice. Kawuki noted that Kyaggwe has been known for witchcraft practices targeting children and other related human sacrifices.  Kyaggwe County comprises of Mukono and …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has made strides in treatment of childhood cancers. At a press conference held on Saturday at the Uganda Cancer Institute, Dr Jackson Orem the Executive Director said that unlike before, the institute is now better positioned to handle childhood cancer cases leading to …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission has said that the commission requires 100 billion shillings to procure bio-metric system machines for the 2021 presidential and parliamentary elections. The 2021 general elections will be the second time Uganda uses the Biometric …

Masaka, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Masaka municipality authorities have banned the operations of car-washing bays along the roadside citing poor waste management and destruction of roads.  Emmanuel Gakyalo, the Masaka Municipality Deputy Town Clerk explains that the decision is meant to curtail the rising number of washing bays operating in …

Jinja, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has tasked leaders to stop corrupt tendencies that threaten government projects. Speaking at the commissioning of construction works along two roads in Jinja town, Kadaga says that, she receives numerous reports of intrigue and corruption by both technocrats and …